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i guess you are really ignorant Jason. :) How about you stick to the thousands of restaurants who "market to the straight community" (IE - almost ALL of them)? Then you don't have to worry. Problem solved.

Just took a look at several, not all, of their on-line menus. Burgers run from $9.00 _ to over $15 for a kobe burger. Granted they are 1/2lb burgers, but still This is MKE folks, the land of deep pockets and short arms. A good restaurant is one that you take food home from. Wonder what will move into the space next.

Even Stack'd Burger Bar which specializes in burgers, start at $10. A good restaurant is not one that you "take food home from." That's the problem with this country, and Wisconsin in particular. A good restaurant is one in which you get good food for a good price. And being entertained in the process is a bonus.

Your right Lefty, Oscars serves a great hamburger for two bucks. 5 brothers has great hamburgers and fantastic frys. 9 dollars for a burger is not milwaukee , especially in Bayview. I give it one year at the most. Sorry not just Milwaukee for a Hamburger joint. Webs is great also, don't need a half pound , way to big.

Were you a weatherman, you'd be constantly caught out in the rain having predicted sunshine simple because that's what you want, no matter what you could see even out your own window. Again, you've apparently never been to, or even heard of, Sobelman's, Elsa's, Lulu, the abovementioned Stack'd, et al., NB (not to be confused with nota bene).

Where do you find a cheaper burger than that? Not Cafe Central, not LuLu's, not Trocadreo, not Water Street Brewery...all good places by the way. I can't wait to try this place, and with all the homophobia in this Country, it's nice to have a place where EVERYONE can feel welcome!

The irony is, Lulu has always been both "family" AND LGBT friendly, and has done perfectly well not DESPITE this, but in no small part BECAUSE of it. I've seen gay customers harrassed at the 24 hour diner down the street (and the staff/mgmt. there do absolutely nothing about it), but otherwise, so far as I know, sexual (not to mnetion sartorial) orientation simply hasn't been an issue (even?) in Bay View. So why is it now? It may not be foregrounded at other businesses, but it's hardly stuffed back in the closet, either. If you like Lulu, and can tolerate other chain restaurants (and HM's is, even with that paint job, far less garish than most, while the staff is polite, helpful, and unintrusive, vs. hard selling, ingratiating and fake freindly), there's absolutely no reason (save perhaps homophobia) why you shouldn't enjoy Hamburger Mary's.

I totally get what you are saying.. My partner and i used to go to Lulu all of the time when we were dating and NEVER felt uncomfortable, but it's also a place where i take my 60ish parents and they love it too. Why can't more people just be comfortable with venues that cater to EVERYONE? You wouldn't see this kind of reaction in an article about something tacky like a Hooters opening... and quite frankly Hooters is a little offensive. :p

Fran Glass - Hooters does not cater to people who want to see women in scantlly clad outfits. There. I hope that sounds as ridiculous as saying this restaurant does not in any way have a LGBT theme to it.

I work retail sales, and have jokingly commented if they sold recycled condoms here, half the guys would buy 'em, the other half would get them because their wife told them to, and some uber-cheapskate would want a VOLUME DISCOUNT!

I work retail sales, and have jokingly commented if they sold recycled condoms here, half the guys would buy 'em, the other half would get them because their wife told them to, and some uber-cheapskate would want a VOLUME DISCOUNT!

LOL. SO as not to offend, I think the word is FRUGAL is usually inserted and used here! LOL! My only concern though, is if a BURGER KING, and then the OMEGA could not make it there...how will this more expensive reincarnation of a burger place going to do there?

Right, ten dollars for a hamburger, your out of your mind. I don't care what they put in their burger, its still just a hamburger , chopped meat and fat for flavor. Not Milwaukee style at all. Especially with the economy the way it is , except of course for those on entitlements, they can exchange their food stamps for half their value and then waste it on a ten dollar hamburger. Sounds about right.

Why not? I mean, no, I wouldn't take my kids there (or anywhere really) late at night or during a special event that's clearly for adults, but they have a kids menu and everything. But at lunchtime, or for an early dinner?

Are you suggesting that my kids might be exposed to (GASP!) gay people? Or people dressed a little unconventionally? Or people having fun? Oh, the horror.

I don't really care who they cater to, and i wish them the best of luck, but for my own preference, and i think that of many Milwaukeeans, is that we enjoy a more quiet dinner, without gimmicks. I absolutely despised Ed Debevic's, and can't stand the button jingling waitresses at TGI Fridays. AS i have many friends in the LBGTetc. community, i'm sure i'll end up here at least once. Hopefully there is a market in Milwaukee that can support a business like this, as any new business sin Milwaukee is a good business.

No gimmicks, any more than, say, bands playing at Lulu after 10:00 p.m. can be called a gimmick (at HM's. it'll be drag shows and somehow "risque" bingo calling, apparently). Otherwise, simply a superior casual dining chain. They may describe themselves as "kitschy," but the decor and, especially, the staff is less on=bnoxious than your average Applebee's or TGI Friday's (not to mention Hooter's). Tennis shirts 'n' slacks, not even so much as a Bea Arthur costume, and no Office Space "flair" whatsoever. There are bona fide heterosexuals working (not to mention eating) there, even. Though everybody seemed like just plain people to me.

Ate there last night. While I can understand your sentiment, I didn't feel it was any more gimmicky than Comet, Palamino, Stack'd, Cafe Centraal, Lulu, etc. (all places I love). Service staff was not wearing any sort of costume or flair, no Ed Debevic style of service, and friendly folks all around.